US 12,071,014 B2
Remote located clutch
Michael J. Tiry, Madison, WI (US)
Assigned to Arctic Cat Inc., Thief River Falls, MN (US)
Filed by Arctic Cat Inc., Thief River Falls, MN (US)
Filed on Oct. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/958,925.
Application 17/958,925 is a continuation of application No. 17/090,871, filed on Nov. 5, 2020, granted, now 11,458,827.
Application 17/090,871 is a continuation of application No. 16/711,092, filed on Dec. 11, 2019, granted, now 10,836,243, issued on Nov. 17, 2020.
Application 16/711,092 is a continuation of application No. 15/420,925, filed on Jan. 31, 2017, granted, now 10,532,645, issued on Jan. 14, 2020.
Application 15/420,925 is a continuation of application No. 14/245,901, filed on Apr. 4, 2014, granted, now 9,592,725, issued on Mar. 14, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0026010 A1, Jan. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. B60K 5/04 (2006.01); B60K 17/02 (2006.01); B60K 17/08 (2006.01); B60K 17/22 (2006.01); B60K 17/28 (2006.01); B60K 17/344 (2006.01); B62K 5/01 (2013.01)
CPC B60K 5/04 (2013.01) [B60K 17/02 (2013.01); B60K 17/08 (2013.01); B60K 17/22 (2013.01); B60K 17/28 (2013.01); B60K 17/344 (2013.01); B62K 5/01 (2013.01); B60Y 2200/124 (2013.01); B60Y 2400/72 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An all-terrain vehicle having a fore-aft axis and a lateral axis perpendicular to the fore-aft axis, the vehicle comprising:
a front ground engaging member and a rear ground engaging member;
a motor having a housing enclosing motor components, the housing having a side-to-side lateral extent, the motor having a motor output shaft connected to a laterally extending crankshaft and extending laterally from one side of the housing, the motor output shaft extending external of the housing to the side of the motor, the motor output shaft having an axis of rotation transverse to the fore-aft axis, the motor positioned rearward of the front ground engaging member; and
a continuously variable transmission (“CVT”) having a drive clutch and a driven clutch, the CVT being positioned laterally at least partially directly rearward or forward of the side-to-side lateral extent of the motor housing, the drive clutch being rotatably coupled to the motor output shaft via an auxiliary drive member positioned external to and to the lateral side of the motor housing, the drive clutch positioned rearward or forward of the crankshaft and rearward or forward of the motor, the drive clutch rotatable about an axis transverse to the fore-aft axis, the drive clutch transferring rotational energy from the motor output shaft to the driven clutch, the driven clutch also being rearward or forward of the crankshaft and rearward or forward of the motor.